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What Is Cloud Orchestration and Which Tools to Use
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What Is Cloud Orchestration and Which Tools to Use

Learn what cloud orchestration is, why it matters, and which tools can help you manage cloud infrastructure more efficiently.

Anthony Critelli

Developer Relations

Mastering Managed IaC Self-Service: The Complete Guide
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Mastering Managed IaC Self-Service: The Complete Guide

Discover how managed IaC self-service empowers developers and DevOps teams alike. Explores key benefits, best practices, and how to maximize efficiency and control with Infrastructure as Code.

Aditya Murali

Developer Relations

Mastering Ansible Playbooks: Step by Step Guide
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Mastering Ansible Playbooks: Step by Step Guide

This guide will introduce Ansible Playbooks and demonstrate how they work through an example deployment of a Flask application on an Apache server with a PostgreSQL database.

Sam Gabrail

President, TeKanAid

Terraform Map Variable: A Complete Guide with Practical Examples
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Terraform Map Variable: A Complete Guide with Practical Examples

In this blog, we’ll explain what Terraform maps are, explore their use cases, and share practical examples and best practices for effectively using them—and more.

Saksham Awasthi

Developer Relations

Meet Us in Salt Lake for KubeCon 2024 (and OpenTofu Day)!
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Meet Us in Salt Lake for KubeCon 2024 (and OpenTofu Day)!

We’re thrilled to be part of this year’s KubeCon, the leading cloud-native event, happening from November 12th to 15th at Salt Lake City. Come see us at Booth P6

Amalya Shnaps

Community and Events

Terraform Workspaces Guide: Commands, Examples and Best Practices
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Terraform Workspaces Guide: Commands, Examples and Best Practices

This blog post covers Terraform workspaces, commands, best practices, practical examples, and more.

Saksham Awasthi

Developer Relations

Streamlining env0 Onboarding with Environment Discovery
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Streamlining env0 Onboarding with Environment Discovery

The latest upgrade to our Environment Discovery feature improves how you onboard your existing environments to env0, making the process quicker and smoother than ever before!

Tom Porat

Engineering Team

Mastering Cloud Efficiency, Scaling with FinOps and Infrastructure as Code
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Mastering Cloud Efficiency, Scaling with FinOps and Infrastructure as Code

Join our webinar to learn about the connection between FinOps and IaC management, the role of FinOps in cloud environments, and practical ways to optimize cloud costs with FinOps and IaC tools.

Andrew Way

Sales Engineering

OpenTofu Registry Guide: Tips, Examples, and Ways to Contribute
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OpenTofu Registry Guide: Tips, Examples, and Ways to Contribute

The OpenTofu registry UI is now live! To mark this occasion, here's a quick guide to help you explore its use cases, key features, and ways to contribute.

Arel Rabinowitz

env0 Engineering, Team OpenTofu

Terraform for Loops Guide: Types, Examples and Best Practices
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Terraform for Loops Guide: Types, Examples and Best Practices

Terraform for loop helps you write simplified, repeatable code used to deploy resources. In this article, we’ll explore 'for' loops using 'for_each' and 'count', how and when to use them, example scenarios, best practices, and much more.

Saksham Awasthi

Developer Relations

The Essential Ansible Tutorial: A Step by Step Guide
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The Essential Ansible Tutorial: A Step by Step Guide

In this tutorial, we'll cover the fundamentals of working with Ansible, from installation to creating your first playbook. In later sections, we'll dive into practical hands-on examples for advanced use cases and show why Ansible has become a go-to solution for many modern DevOps practices.

Sam Gabrail

President, TeKanAid

The Four Stages of Terraform Automation
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The Four Stages of Terraform Automation

In this blog post, we'll explore the four stages of Terraform and OpenTofu automation, providing a roadmap as you look to scale your IaC practices.

Sam Gabrail

President, TeKanAid

Terraform Lookup Function: Examples, Use Cases and Best Practices
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Terraform Lookup Function: Examples, Use Cases and Best Practices

The Terraform/OpenTofu 'lookup' function helps maintain clean, DRY, and reusable code. In this blog, we'll explore the various scenarios where the 'lookup' function can be used, and provide some practical examples for both common and more advanced use cases.

Saksham Awasthi

Developer Relations

Terraform Count Meta-Argument: Indexing, Examples and Use Cases
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Terraform Count Meta-Argument: Indexing, Examples and Use Cases

In this blog, we’ll learn more about count, describe its use cases, and show how you can use it to create multiple resources with ease - with or without conditional expressions.

Saksham Awasthi

Developer Relations

Meet Cloud Compass: AI-assisted IaC Coverage Audit and Risk Mitigation
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Meet Cloud Compass: AI-assisted IaC Coverage Audit and Risk Mitigation

Cloud Compass enhances your cloud resource management. Using AI-assisted logic, it auto-analyzes IaC coverage blind spots and trends over time, helping you quickly close any gaps.

Omry Hay

env0 CTO & Co-founder, Team OpenTofu

Webinar: Lessons Learned from Managing IaC Across 800+ Environments
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Webinar: Lessons Learned from Managing IaC Across 800+ Environments

Join Sergey Korolev of Rakuten Viber to learn how his team automates and manages Infrastructure as Code, and how mature IaC practices improve developer experience, reduce technical debt, and streamline operations at scale.

Andrew Way

Sales Engineering

OpenTofu v1.8: A Detailed Look at the Upcoming Release
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OpenTofu v1.8: A Detailed Look at the Upcoming Release

As OpenTofu quickly nears its next stable release, we delve into its new features, discuss their use cases, and explore the challenges they will address for OpenTofu users.

Arel Rabinowitz

env0 Engineering, Team OpenTofu

Terraform Cloud Alternatives: 2025 In-Depth Guide
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Terraform Cloud Alternatives: 2025 In-Depth Guide

Recent events are prompting companies to reconsider their TFC subscriptions. At this critical moment, let’s take a closer look at TFC—explore its features, limitations, and pricing model, and review potential alternatives that might better meet your needs.

Ned Bellavance

Founder, Ned in the Cloud

Terraform Import Command and Import Block: Examples, Tips and Best Practices
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Terraform Import Command and Import Block: Examples, Tips and Best Practices

Learn how to use the 'import' command and import blog to move existing resources into your Terraform/OpenTofu state file.

Saksham Awasthi

Developer Relations

Terraform Validate Command: Practical Examples and Best Practices
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Terraform Validate Command: Practical Examples and Best Practices

The 'validate' command helps you check the syntax of your Terraform or OpenTofu code before deployment. Learn how to use it effectively for seamless infrastructure provisioning.

Saksham Awasthi

Developer Relations

env0 Workflows: Simplifying Advanced IaC Setups and Managing Dependencies
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env0 Workflows: Simplifying Advanced IaC Setups and Managing Dependencies

env0 Workflows provides a structured approach to managing groups of related environments and their dependencies. Learn how you can use it to streamline complex IaC deployments.

Aditya Murali

Developer Relations

How to Use tenv to Streamline IaC Version Management
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How to Use tenv to Streamline IaC Version Management

tenv is a version manager for Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, and Atmos, written in Go. Check out this post to see how it works.

Anastasiia Kozlova

DevOps Engineer, Team tofuutils

Terraform Dynamic Blocks: Advanced Use Cases and Examples
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Terraform Dynamic Blocks: Advanced Use Cases and Examples

Learn how to use dynamic blocks in Terraform and OpenTofu, to create adaptable configurations based on input values.

Saksham Awasthi

Developer Relations

Terraform Functions Guide: Complete List with Detailed Examples
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Terraform Functions Guide: Complete List with Detailed Examples

Terraform functions are essential for creating effective infrastructure code. In this blog post, we'll provide a 360° review of Terraform/OpenTofu functions, with practical and detailed examples.

Igal Zeifman

env0 Marketing, Team OpenTofu

New Variable Sets: Boost Efficiency, Reduce Clutter
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New Variable Sets: Boost Efficiency, Reduce Clutter

Variable sets can be linked to an entire Organization or to specific Projects, Templates, Workflows, or Environments, which serves to reduce clutter and ensures maximal flexibility.

Tom Porat

Engineering Team